Man who had been attempting suicide for 3 years finally succeeds in Ekiti(Photo)

A young man in his ear­ly 30s, simply identi­fied as Mundiu, has
succeeded in eventu­ally hanging himself after two failed earlier
attempts.Mundiu hanged himself at about 12am on Friday in Ayede-Ekiti
community, Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

Residents in the area told Saturday Sun that the deceased had been
attempting suicide for three years over his alleged in­ability to free
himself from the shackles of poverty.

"He used to complain about the fact that he was very poor and living a
wretched life, that he wasn't making money to take care of himself.
Two months ago, he had an okada (motor­cycle) accident that almost
claimed his life.He was moved out of the community for treat­ment. Two
weeks ago, we learnt that he was dead but just three days ago, we
sighted him in the community.
Yesterday (Thurs­day), people heard him saying that by today (Friday)
the peo­ple of Ayede community would witness an amazing drama. No one
really read any meaning to what he was saying. We didn't know that he
was referring to this suicidal action", a resident of the area and
neighbour to Mundiu, who craved anonymity told Saturday Sun.

Another neighbour of the deceased said that Mundiu was found dead by
one of his neigh­bours, a deaf, simply identi­fied as Taiwo.

"It was past 12 midnight this morning, a deaf neighbour of the
deceased, who we call Taiwo, raised the alarm that he saw something
strange and alerted others to come and see it. We were asking him what
it was that happened but because he could not hear us, he didn't
answer us. All we did was to just follow him to where he was directing
our attention to.
Eventually, he took us to where the deceased had hanged himself. He
was already dead by that time. So, we just left him as you have seen
him.

We immediately called the police but as you can see, they haven't come.

Mundiu had attempted sui­cide two times before now. The first time, he
had tried to hang himself but thankfully, his fa­ther caught him and
stopped it. Since then, his father had kept the rope as an object of
re­membrance.
Now his father is dead and could not witness this abominable act, he
has eventu­ally committed.His second attempt at kill­ing himself was a
time we were told he just jumped into a river.
That happened in Lokoja, Kogi State. God had brought people on time
to rescue him. This was his third time and no one was there to stop
him, "